StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST3| Speculate Chronicles 3

[Magic-Man]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

 

[Raccoon]

all these remasters just have me pining for Pikmin 4...

 

[thoughthaver]

they should port zombi u to the switch. i wanna play that. or make zombi switch.

 

[BY2K]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

Freaking A+.

 

[BassForever]

I'm still hoping Star Fox Assault is the game that Bamco is remastering/remaking. Smooth out the control issues, add online multiplayer, maybe some new content. Would be a dream come true!

If they're remastering/remaking a Star Fox game, it should be assault. Slap on some modern TPS controls for ground and vehicle combat, add online play, add more content for multiplayer, and you could have another live service game alongside Splatoon.

 

[Raccoon]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

boring but good

 

[switchum]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

That’d be a solid 11 for me, chief

 

[Samurai Goroh]

As someone who thinks F-Zero GX HD makes perfect sense, that's probably the least likely GC remaster. I could see Chibi Robo getting remastered over F-Zero.

 

[karmitt]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

10/10.

Anything beyond BotW2 is icing.

I guess if it was 20 minutes of minimal effort remasters (not saying it will be), It would probably drag it down, but I’ll be elated to see a meaningful BotW2 update

 

[Dark Cloud]

Give me Mario Golf Toadstool Tour remaster also. Best Mario golf game easily

 

[Raccoon]

Give me Mario Golf Toadstool Tour remaster also. Best Mario golf game easily

I've got a friend who's a toadstool tour evangelist, I'd definitely have to give it a shot

 

[Lant_War]

I cannot believe Nintendo is planning to release Electroplankton HD.

 

[the_marmolade]

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Finally:

 

[Thunder84]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

Depends on how high quality the remasters are. If Metroid is similar quality to Xenoblade Definitive and FZero is similar to the Zelda HD Remasters, then that’s a great direct. Add in Fire Emblem and you got a stew cookin.

 

[kookycake]

This is the hero we need....

YES!! That and Super Mario Sunshi- oh wait

 

[Sol]

hmmmmmm

Nintendo insiders discussing the upcoming Direct with each other:

 

[kimbo99]

GCN on NSO before Gameboy? No way...unless they drop together.

 

[Dark Cloud]

GCN on NSO before Gameboy? No way...unless they drop together.

It’s not GameCube on NSO. It’s GC games being remastered.

 

[Magic-Man]

Depends on how high quality the remasters are. If Metroid is similar quality to Xenoblade Definitive and FZero is similar to the Zelda HD Remasters, then that’s a great direct. Add in Fire Emblem and you got a stew cookin.

If Zelda (all three), Metroid, and F-Zero are all there, Fire Emblem has no shot IMO. We need a casual-focused game instead.

 

[the_marmolade]

Reality: Gamecube on Switch
Woke: Gamecube Mini Console

 

[Apopheniac]

F-Zero GX remaster has to happen soon so they can cash in on the brand recognition from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

We all know and love Mute City and Big Blue, but those popular games aren't getting any younger

 

[Josh5890]

Seriously though, I hope we get a Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance remaster sooner than later. I want to play the game, but not at those crazy prices.

Nintendo should just do Radiant Dawn while they are at it

 

[Awesomegames23]

Switch Pro will have a handle to make it portable is what they're hinting at I think.

 

[SammyJ9]

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I welcome that! Especially with gaming how it is lately, it's not like Nintendo is alone in going that route for a lot of things to put in between bigger, more time-consuming releases. And it's especially great for games that are stuck on Gamecube/Wii, like SSHD last year.

 

[TreIII]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

A-

Needs that Metroid Prime 4 as the "one more thing!" in order to not only be A+, but one of the GOAT Directs.

 

[the_marmolade]

I don't know why people here think its strange for Nintendo to skip Gameboy stuff, NERD already developed a shippable GC emulator why not use it on other games beside Mario Sunshine

 

[Gartooth]

If Nintendo goes crazy on remasters next year it feels like that could be a sign of a transition phase to new hardware. The Switch transition years for the 3DS included a ton of these types of releases.

Wii U ports: Mario Maker, Yoshi's Woolly World, Captain Toad
Other ports: Luigi's Mansion, Kirby's Epic Yarn
Remakes: Fire Emblem 2, Metroid 2, Mario & Luigi 1 + 3

 

[Miraj]

If they're remastering/remaking a Star Fox game, it should be assault. Slap on some modern TPS controls for ground and vehicle combat, add online play, add more content for multiplayer, and you could have another live service game alongside Splatoon.

It still surprises me how many Nintendo enthusiast YouTubers and journalists have no idea Assault was a thing. They only remember Adventures. Nintendo sent Assault out to die just before the Wii came out.

 

[VorpalNonsense]

Hmm. How would y'all rate a Direct featuring Windwaker HD, Twilight Princess HD, Metroid Prime HD, F-Zero GX HD, and BOTW2?

any direct with Prime HD gets an automatic A from me

 

[Thunder84]

If Zelda (all three), Metroid, and F-Zero are all there, Fire Emblem has no shot IMO. We need a casual-focused game instead.

I’d say Fire Emblem is more likely than F-Zero at this stage, although I disagree that they can’t do both.

They could easily just toss in Stinky Horse too.

 

[Magic-Man]

If Nintendo goes crazy on remasters next year it feels like that could be a sign of a transition phase to new hardware. The Switch transition years for the 3DS included a ton of these types of releases.

Wii U ports: Mario Maker, Yoshi's Woolly World, Captain Toad
Other ports: Luigi's Mansion, Kirby's Epic Yarn
Remakes: Fire Emblem 2, Metroid 2, Mario & Luigi 1 + 3

I'm thinking that too. A bunch of remasters coming out at once is suspicious this late into a consoles lifecycle.

 

[chocolate_supra]

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So Nintendo's really trying to get their whole (relevant) library on the Switch eShop so their history can be accessible going forward, huh?

I've definitely come around on deluges of old shit. They're for new fans and take up a lot less resources than new projects

Plus it'll be nice when their whole (relevant) library is on the Switch eShop so their history can be accessible going forward.

 

[kookycake]

I don't know why people here think its strange for Nintendo to skip Gameboy stuff, NERD already developed a shippable GC emulator why not use it on other games beside Mario Sunshine

I think they’ll announce both GC and Gameboy (like what they did with N64 and Genesis).

 

[Magic-Man]

I was waiting on Nate to come in here to calm us down, then Emily decided to toss gasoline onto the fire lmao

 

[HockeyBird]

It still surprises me how many Nintendo enthusiast YouTubers and journalists have no idea Assault was a thing. They only remember Adventures. Nintendo sent Assault out to die just before the Wii came out.

Star Fox Assault came out in February 2005, almost two years before the Wii came out...

 

[Raccoon]

If Nintendo goes crazy on remasters next year it feels like that could be a sign of a transition phase to new hardware. The Switch transition years for the 3DS included a ton of these types of releases.

Wii U ports: Mario Maker, Yoshi's Woolly World, Captain Toad
Other ports: Luigi's Mansion, Kirby's Epic Yarn
Remakes: Fire Emblem 2, Metroid 2, Mario & Luigi 1 + 3

yeah, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to deny that the switch years are ending

 

[kookycake]

I was waiting on Nate to come in here to calm us down, then Emily decided to toss gasoline onto the fire lmao

And to add insult to injury, we have to wait 2 more weeks to find out how it all goes down

 

[MisterSpo]

I don't know why people here think its strange for Nintendo to skip Gameboy stuff, NERD already developed a shippable GC emulator why not use it on other games beside Mario Sunshine

Because the aim will be to gradually increase the value and price of the subscription, and GC emulation would be a handy time to shoot up the price. But there are also issues with GC emulation, not least that lots of manual adjustment would be required.

It would also be strange to skip GB and GBA given those systems give Nintendo access to dozens upon dozens of games which are easier to emulate. We also know that Nintendo have experimented with emulation for both systems on Switch and GB/GBC emulation was said to be ready over a year ago.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Zelda + GC Direct

 

[switchum]

Imma be honest

Nintendo could just give me botw2 and I’d be over the moon

…but I certainly wouldn’t complain if we got all this other great stuff too!

 

[Common Knowledge]

Seriously though, I hope we get a Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance remaster sooner than later. I want to play the game, but not at those crazy prices.

Nintendo should just do Radiant Dawn while they are at it

RD and PoR HD collection is the dream.

Those two games can definitely use a bit of updating and QoL features, but I don’t think they quite need full-fledged remakes like older FE’s, so I have hope IS will get around to them sooner than later (and I mean, fuck, if they’re really going to keep going in order for remakes, we won’t be seeing a PoR remake until freaking 2052 or something).

So I hope that becomes a side project for the FE devs at some point in the next few years. Like you said, they are nearly impossible to find legitimately these days, and plus Ike has retroactively become the franchise’s most popular character due to Smash, so it just makes sense to revisit his games with a nice modern touch.

 

[Awesomegames23]

If Grubb was in here right now too then the FamiBoards Triforce would have assembled.

 

[HockeyBird]

Tired: Gamecube games ported to Switch
Wired: Switch games ported to Gamecube

 

[CyberWolfBia]

Crash Nitro Kart was already remade within Nitro-Fueled; I'm already content with GameCube content on Switch.

 

[Mr_No_U]

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[MisterSpo]

I’d say Fire Emblem is more likely than F-Zero at this stage, although I disagree that they can’t do both.

They could easily just toss in Stinky Horse too.

Yeah, it makes a lot of sense for Nintendo to be dipping into the back catalogue for remasters; it's something some of us thought they'd do as they gradually ran through their Wii U ports.

That doesn't mean every single remaster is suddenly going to be announced at once. I think new Fire Emblem still makes a lot of sense as a September announcement.

 

[Apopheniac]

Seriously though, I hope we get a Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance remaster sooner than later. I want to play the game, but not at those crazy prices.

Nintendo should just do Radiant Dawn while they are at it

It would be criminal to not make this a twofer given the save data bonuses

 

[kimbo99]

It’s not GameCube on NSO. It’s GC games being remastered.

I know I'm referring to people saying that GCN will drop on NSO

 

[Dark Cloud]

If Grubb was in here right now too then the FamiBoards Triforce would have assembled.

What about me

 

[LiC]

If Nintendo goes crazy on remasters next year it feels like that could be a sign of a transition phase to new hardware. The Switch transition years for the 3DS included a ton of these types of releases.

Wii U ports: Mario Maker, Yoshi's Woolly World, Captain Toad
Other ports: Luigi's Mansion, Kirby's Epic Yarn
Remakes: Fire Emblem 2, Metroid 2, Mario & Luigi 1 + 3

I don't see it. Nintendo was in the middle of a huge shakeup in the last years of the 3DS, with the consolidation of their development teams and transition to the non-backwards compatible Switch. Whereas now, the presumption is that the upcoming Switch model will have BC, and there won't be any gap that Nintendo needs to fill with remasters, because they'll continue developing titles for the current Switch for a while and just enhancing them on the new model.

It's also too late for remasters to be "under serious consideration" if they were meant to fill in a transition period, because that transition period would be imminent. Instead, it makes more sense that this is simply a way for Nintendo to bolster their release schedule in general.